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Lemma: gotra (mn)
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(in Gr.) the grandson and his descendants if no older offspring of the same ancestor than this grandson lives (if the son lives the grandson is called yuvan) (MW)
a field (MW)
a forest (MW)
a genus (MW)
a mountain (MW)
a multitude (MW)
a road (MW)
a tribe (MW)
an affix used for forming a patr. (MW)
an umbrella or parasol (MW)
class (MW)
cloud (MW)
cow-pen (MW)
cow-shed (MW)
family (MW)
hurdle (MW)
increase (MW)
kin (MW)
knowledge of probabilities (MW)
lineage (MW)
name (in general) (MW)
possession (MW)
protection or shelter for cows (MW)
race (MW)
species (MW)
stable (in general) (MW)
stable for cattle (MW)
subdivision (in the Brāhman caste 49 Gotras are reckoned and supposed to be sprung from and named after celebrated teachers) (MW)
the family name (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Buddhism 22
Grammar 20
Indra 13
war 11
jātaka, avadāna 11
Dharmaśāstra 10
Brideship and marriage 9
marriage, wedding 9
Genealogies 8
śrāddha 7
Buddha's life 6
dharma 5
Inheritance, heritage, heirs 5
fable 4
Bhakti 4
children 4
Behaviour, strīdharma 4
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 4
upanayana, initiation 3
Lexicography 3
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 3
Women 3
piṇḍa 3
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 3
Kāmaśāstra 3
arghya 3
Tīrthas 3
Noun derivation 3
Law 2
Pitṛ worship, pitṛyajña 2
Language 2
Zoology 2
Bṛhaspati 2
Mahāyāna 2
Yayāti, Devayānī, Śarmiṣṭhā 2
Medicine 2
botany, plants 2
avatāras 2
eating, food, anna 2
Sacrifice, yajña 2
Asceticism, tapas 2
Viśvāmitra 2
Giving, dāna 2
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 2
(Im-)purity 2
Kashmirian Shivaism 2
narrative literature 2
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 2
theft, stealing 2
non-attachment 1
Property of Brahmins 1
Karṇa (from MBh) 1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 1
Pracetas 1
Kṛpa, Śaradvat 1
omina, presigns, nimittas 1
Dakṣa 1
Astronomy 1
Soma 1
darśapūrṇamāsa iṣṭi, full-moon sacrifice 1
(handing over the) daṇḍa 1
svāhā 1
twelve-day Soma rite, dvādaśāha 1
feeding Brāhmaṇas, brāhmaṇabhojana 1
aṣṭakā 1
madhuparka 1
cūḍākaraṇa 1
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman 1
son, advantage of having sons 1
priest, ṛtvij 1
Māndhātṛ 1
torture 1
criminal investigation 1
Police 1
friendship 1
om, oṃ, oṃkāra 1
against bad omina and presigns 1
Uṣas 1
Soma sacrifice 1
Urvaśī and Purūravas 1
Pārvatī 1
Travel 1
good behaviour 1
Debts and interest 1
prāyaścitta 1
Nyāya 1
dāna, giving 1
Cosmogony (gen.) 1
saṃskāras 1
Ordeal 1
Witness 1
Criminal law 1
yuga theory 1
varṇas, castes 1
Cosmogony 1
King, rājanīti 1
Pashupata Shaivism 1
vānaprastha 1
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 1
Alchemy 1
Materia medica 1
Pregnancy 1
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 1
study, śiṣya, adhyāya 1
āśā, hope 1
Economy 1
Accents 1
Kṛṣṇa 1
Crime 1
Kṣatriya 1
begging, bhikṣu, bhikṣā 1
Administration 1
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 1
Agriculture 1
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 1
weapons, arms 1
travelling, making a journey 1
Business law 1
Cosmology 1
Prostitution 1
Harivaṃśa 1
explanation of the Soma sacrifice, somapravacana 1
Concept Notes Count Gotra sub-subcaste; exogam 18 patronymic a name derived with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) from the name of your father or a paternal ancestor 8 gotra [word] the word gotra 5 family people descended from a common ancestor; "his family had lived in Masachusetts since the Mayflower" 4 family primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" 4 kin group of people related by blood or marriage 4 name family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name" 4 cow pen an enclosure for cattle 2 cowbarn a barn for cows 2 Gotra an affix used for forming a patronymicon 2 mountain a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill 2 herd a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans 2
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